June’s cash sales share leaves those in the industry with a sense of déjà vu as the rate falls to level in June not seen since 2007.
Read More »Why is Miami Ranked Among Weakest Markets?
Seeing Miami, commonly perceived as flourishing, in the bottom tier of home value rankings may surprise market watchers. What factors contributed to Miami's placement on Pro Teck's "Top 10 Weakest Markets" in August, and what other cities gained this dubious honor?
Read More »State Spotlight: Florida Court Decision May Bring Difficulties for Servicers
Recently, a court case in Florida has caused controversy due to its potential to cause difficulty for servicers in the disposition of foreclosed properties.
Read More »Changing the Game: Freddie Mac Announces Front End Credit-Risk Sharing
Nearly all of those credit risk transactions conducted by the GSEs have been of the back-end variety, however, that changed on Monday, when Freddie Mac announced a new pilot front-end credit risk transfer offering, Freddie Mac Deep MI CRT.
Read More »Delinquencies Decline But Remain High Relative to 2000s
The Urban Institute’s September 2016 Chartbook shows that serious delinquencies and foreclosures continue to decline with the housing recovery, but remain quite high relative to the early 2000s.
Read More »Black Knight Reports Increase In Home Prices for July
The Data & Analytics division of Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. recently released its latest Home Price Index (HPI) report state that home prices increased in July month over month and year over year.
Read More »FHA Permits PACE-Assessed Properties
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs debate is heating up with the FHA announcement permitting FHA-insured mortgages on some PACE-assessed properties.
Read More »Six Servicers to Speak at Affinity Management Symposium
Affinity Consulting Group announces The Servicer Panel at the 3rd Annual Management Symposium this year boasts an esteemed lineup of industry experts.
Read More »Refining the Servicing Sector
DS News speaks with Michael Waldron about the current trends being seen in the servicing sector of the industry as well as his thoughts on how well the CFPB is working with comments from servicers on the new servicing updates.
Read More »Are Seller’s Still Calling the Shots in the Housing Market?
Despite strong sales and shrinking inventory, the recent Redfin Housing Market Tracker states that home prices rose at the slowest pace of the year.
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